H Kanzaki

Dienogest is a synthetic steroid that has been used as a progestogen in contraceptive pills and is currently being studied for its possible clinical use in the treatment of endometriosis. In this study, we investigated the direct effects of…

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to investigate Bcl-2 and Fas expression in human eutopic and ectopic endometrium during the menstrual cycle in relation to endometrial cell apoptosis. STUDY DESIGN: Eutopic and ectopic endometrial samples were ob…

PROBLEM: To determine whether infertile patients with endometriosis have serum antiendometrial antibodies. METHODS: Sera from 40 infertile patients with or without endometriosis were tested by cell enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of messenger RNA (mRNA) for gonadal steroid hormone receptors in the human pelvic peritoneum. DESIGN: Analysis of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and androgen receptor (AR) mRNA …

Indirect immunofluorescence staining revealed that endometrial stromal cells (ESC) in the ectopic endometrium of patients with endometriosis or adenomyosis expressed aminopeptidase N/cluster of differentiation (CD) 13 antigen and neutral en…

OBJECTIVE: We determined the effect of sera from patients who have endometriosis on natural killer cell activity. STUDY DESIGN: The natural killer cell activity of lymphocytes from healthy volunteers was examined after incubation with sera…

Ultrastructurally, three possible pathways of capillary permeability were observed during the ovulatory process in rabbit ovarian follicles treated with human chorionic gonadotrophin: namely, pinocytotic vesicles, fenestrations, and interen…

Histochemical and in vitro investigations of the autonomic innervation in the human mesotubarium ovarica (MTO) are described here in the course of our studying its physiologic role in the capture of released oocytes at ovulation. The presen…